Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 184)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 184)

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dividing the total cultivable land in the possession of the fallaheen
by the total number of the fallaheen living on the land, is 64.9d.
(10) It 1s this result which both Zionist politicians and British
officials refused to accept, especially since experts within the
Jewish Agency had already admitted that the minimum necessary for the
survival of a fallah family is not less than "160 dunam per family in
the good soll suitable for dairy farming, [and] 320 dunams in less
preductive soil of the cereal growing districts". (11)
The figures reached from the calculations of the Director of Survey
are based on the assumption that all available cultivable land was
distributed among all fallaheen. However, the reality is that not all
the fallaheen were in possession of land, nor did all of them derive
their income from agriculture only. A growing section of totally
landless fallaheen had, in fact, already emerged.
In order to comprehend the significance of the si'.. of land
holdings, it must be examined in the light of the class structure of
the fallaheen themselves.
Differentiation within the Fallaheen:
The fallaheen are divided into three major groups
1- Fallaheen Mullak (or peasant owners):
This group refers to a segment of the fallaheen who own theirz
land and cultivate it with their own and their families' labour power.
In rare cages, outside labour might be involved. This group, otherwise
known in the literature as the small bourgeoisie or the middle peasant
(Lenin, 1977:176), was characterised by its unstable economic status.
In rural Palestine this class was in the minority as further
discussion will reveal.
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